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Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by REI COOPERATIVE ACTION FUND.

Totals

Total revenue
$9,381,381
Total expenses
$7,210,765
Contributions and grants received
$9,380,641
Grants paid
$6,786,120
Program service revenue
$0
Investment income
$740
Other revenue
$0
Total assets, end of year
$8,243,596
Total liabilities, end of year
$1,477,064
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$6,766,532
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$6,814,371
Management and general expenses
$393,932
Fundraising expenses
$2,462
Program service expenses (Part III)
$6,814,371

Program services were 94.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $7,304,405

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $2,076,236

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $740 · excluded $740

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

    total $6,786,120 · program services $6,786,120

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $15,167 · management and general $15,167

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $24,952 · management and general $24,952

  • 11e · Fees: professional fundraising services

    total $2,462 · fundraising $2,462

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $185,621 · program services $3,010 · management and general $182,611

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $4,865 · management and general $4,865

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $17,793 · management and general $17,793

  • 14 · Information technology

    total $133,942 · program services $25,241 · management and general $108,701

  • 17 · Travel

    total $22,088 · management and general $22,088

  • 24a · Other expenses: DUES AND SUBSCRIPTIONS

    total $17,755 · management and general $17,755

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $2,675,856 · end of year $162,426

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $5,500,740

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $2,462,712 · end of year $2,555,369

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $106,537 · end of year $25,061

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $37,809 · end of year $37,064

  • 18 · Grants payable

    beginning of year $611,380 · end of year $1,440,000

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $4,025,086 · end of year $6,490,934

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $570,830 · end of year $275,598

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

THE REI COOPERATIVE ACTION FUND ("THE REI FUND") DIRECTLY SUPPORTS ORGANIZATIONS PROMOTING JUSTICE, EQUITY AND BELONGING IN THE OUTDOORS TO STRENGTHEN THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES. WE BELIEVE THAT TIME OUTSIDE AND OUR CONNECTION TO NATURE IS FUNDAMENTAL FOR THE SOCIAL, CULTURAL, ECONOMIC, AND INDIVIDUAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF ALL PEOPLE. BUT TODAY, MILLIONS OF AMERICANS LACK ACCESS TO NATURE AND THRIVING OUTDOOR SPACES. IN ADDITION TO THIS, MANY PEOPLE DO NOT FEEL A SENSE OF SAFETY OR BELONGING IN THE OUTDOORS. THESE ISSUES STEM FROM LEGACIES AND SYSTEMS OF INEQUITY, INJUSTICE, AND RACISM. TO CATALYZE THIS WORK, THE REI COOPERATIVE ACTION FUND WILL INTENTIONALLY FOCUS ON MARGINALIZED GROUPS. IT IS THESE VERY GROUPS WHO ARE LEADING THE WAY IN ADDRESSING BARRIERS AND CREATING NEWFOUND OPPORTUNITIES TO EVOKE JOY, WELL-BEING AND BELONGING OUTSIDE, RESULTING IN IMPROVED HEALTH AND WELL-BEING FOR PEOPLE, COMMUNITIES, AND OUR PLANET.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS PROMOTING JUSTICE, EQUITY AND BELONGING IN THE OUTDOORS TO STRENGTHEN THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES. WE BELIEVE THAT TIME OUTSIDE AND OUR CONNECTION TO NATURE IS FUNDAMENTAL TO THE SOCIAL, CULTURAL, ECONOMIC, AND INDIVIDUAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF ALL PEOPLE.

  • CONNECTING PEOPLE OUTSIDE-SUPPORTING ORGANIZATIONS LED BY AND SERVING BLACK COMMUNITIES, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, PEOPLE OF COLOR, LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY, PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES, AND WOMEN THROUGH CONNECTIONS TO THE OUTDOORS. PRIORITIZING ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE LEVERAGING THE OUTDOORS AS A TOOL FOR EQUITY, HEALING AND JOY, SOCIAL JUSTICE, CIVIC ACTION, YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, OR CREATIVITY.

    Expenses $3,114,521 · Grants $3,101,189

  • CREATING SPACE OUTSIDE-INCREASING EQUITABLE ACCESS TO OUTDOOR SPACES AND RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES (PARKS, TRAILS, OPEN SPACES, WATERWAYS). PRIORITIZING COMMUNITY-LED AND NATURAL CLIMATE SOLUTIONS THAT BRING NATURE'S INDIVIDUAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS CLOSER TO HOME FOR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $1,773,904 · Grants $1,767,161

  • CENTERING HEALTH OUTSIDE-INVESTING, STRENGTHENING, AND AMPLIFYING SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE THAT DEMONSTRATES TIME SPENT OUTSIDE IMPROVES MENTAL, PHYSICAL, AND EMOTIONAL HEALTH, AS WELL AS RESILIENCE FOR PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES.

    Expenses $1,925,946 · Grants $1,917,770

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Kristen Ragain

    VICE PRESIDENT/MANAGING DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • Wilma Wallace

    GENERAL COUNSEL AND BOARD CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

  • Eric Artz

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

  • Caiti Anderson

    DIRECTOR THRU 04/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 39 related

  • Dogberto Quintana

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

  • Ben Steele

    DIRECTOR FROM 04/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 38 related

  • Marc Berejka

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10 + 30 related

  • Rick Palmer

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    5 + 35 related

  • Tom Greenwood

    SECRETARY THRU 01/23

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 38 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • RECREATIONAL EQUIPMENT INC

    C · RETAILER OF OUTDOOR EQUIPMENT & SERVICES · WA

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
3 March 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202410659349301021

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